The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including scheduling VA examinations and obtaining outstanding treatment records.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that the current claims file does not contain sufficient information to make a determination on the merits of the Veteran's claims. Therefore, further development is required.
- Claimed conditions
- right ulnar neuritis, left ulnar neuritis with carpal tunnel syndrome status post ulnar nerve transposition surgery, chronic lumbosacral back strain with degenerative joint disease, degenerative disc disease L4-5 and LS-S1 and deformity of the facets bilaterally at L4-5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1741358
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for cancer of the caecum (abdominal wallet) and right ulnar neuritis, finding no new and material evidence to reopen these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran died of chondrosarcoma, and the Board is remanding the case for further development to determine if his service-connected conditions contributed to his death or accelerated it.
- Granted
The veteran's application for TDIU was received on September 13, 2001. The effective date of the grant of TDIU is set at November 3, 2000, as this is when entitlement to TDIU arose in the year preceding the date of the veteran's claim.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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